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          Rail Employer Reporting Instructions (RERI)
          Part I - Prerequisite Knowledge for Rail Employer Reporting
          Chapter 01: What is the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board?
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              Part I - Prerequisite Knowledge for Rail Employer Reporting
                                Chapter 01: What is the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board?
          Chapter 02: Employer Coverage Status
          Part II - Establishment of Employee Records
          Part III - Principles of Service and Compensation
          Part IV - Particular Types of Compensation Payments
          Part V - Reports of Creditable Service and Compensation
          Part VI - Reports Related to Service and Compensation
          Part VII - Additional Communications about Service and Compensation Reports
          Part VIII - Employer Reporting System (ERS) Internet User Instructions
          Appendices Chapter 01: What is the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board?
							 
							
							
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            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government.

**Function**

The RRB’s primary function is to administer comprehensive retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness benefit programs for the nation’s railroad workers and their families under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA). As part of the retirement program, the RRB also has administrative responsibilities under the Social Security Act for certain benefit payments and Medicare coverage to the nation’s railroad workers’ and their families.

**Benefit Payments**

The benefit payments administered by the RRB are based on earnings credits defined as creditable service and compensation. The RRB maintains a lifetime record of creditable service and compensation for each railroad employee for the purpose of determining benefit payments.

Service and compensation information is collected from reports of employers covered under the RRA and the RUIA, including rail labor employers.  In the context of reporting to the RRB, the term “employer” refers to both rail carriers and national rail labor organizations.

The RRB is authorized to require an employer to submit service and compensation information by RRB Regulation 20 CFR 209.2 and by RRA sections 7(b)(6) and 9 and RUIA sections 6 and 12(1).  Both Acts make provision for enforcement of reporting requirements.
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